Sealed leg-band.



Patented Dec. l8, I900.

v ,w. H. SMITH.

SEALED LEG'BAND.

(Applicat ion filed Mar. 8, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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BY H/S ATTORNEYS). @hl

WASHINGYON n c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. SMITH, OF FLYTHEDALE, MISSOURI.

SEALED LEG-BAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,062 dated December18, 1900.

Application filed March 8, 1900- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Blythedale, in the county of Harrison and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SealedLeg- Bands, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sealed leg-bands for poultry,pigeons, &c., and aims to provide a band for the labeling of poultry,pigeons, or other birds which shall be of simple and cheap construction,easy of application to the bird, and so formed that when once inposition on the birds leg it will be impossible to remove it withoutdestroying the band.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the band in normalform before being applied to the birds leg. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection through the band after being bent up in ring form, but not yetsecured. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the band after being bent up inring form and partially secured. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the bandin ring form fully secured and sealed. Fig. 5 is a similar view taken onthe side opposite to that shown in Fig. 4. I p

The band is formed of a strip of sheet metal 1, as shown in Fig. 1, ofsuitable length to fit the leg of the bird to be marked. Said strip isprovided near one end with a pin 2, of soft metal, which is passedthrough the body of the strip 1 and riveted on the side which is to formthe inner side of the band, as shown in Fig. 2. At a suitable distancefrom pin 2 an opening 3 is punched in the material, leaving, however, aprojecting tongue 4, still integral with the body of the strip. At theopposite end of said strip two openings 5 6 are formed Serial No. 7,920(No model.)

therein, the outer one, 6, being adapted to engage the tongue 4 when thestrip 'is bent up around the birds leg and the inner one, 5, to engageat the same time the pin 2, as seen in Fig. 2.

The strip having been applied to the birds leg in the manner stated, thetongue 4, protruding through the opening 6, is bent over and clenched onthe outer surface of the band, and the pin 2, projecting through theopening 5, is subjected to pressure by a pair of pincers or othersimilar implement, by which pressure said pin is flattened and at thesame time, if desired, impressed with any suitable inscription, symbol,or mark. After such pressure has been applied to the pin 2 it is nolonger possible to withdraw it from engagement with the opening 5Without breaking off said pin,and the device is therefore effectuallyseal-ed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,-and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A leg-band for birds or poultry, consisting.

of a strip of sheet metal 1, having two openings 5 and 6 through one endthereof, an integral tongue 4 at the other end thereof adapted to passthrough one of said openings, and a soft-metal pin 2 riveted to saidstrip near tongue 4 and adapted to be inserted in one of said openingsand spread or flattened over the edges of said opening so as to form aseal bearing an impressed figure or letter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM H. SMITH. Witnesses:

W. J. NALLY, C. A. TULL.

